No crime found in Lee County teen's death at football practice

A Riverdale High School football practice turned deadly back in June for one player.

Zachary Polsenberg, 16, known as the "Gentle Giant", collapsed near the end of a three hour indoor and outdoor practice.

Polsenberg's core temperature at one point reached 107 degrees. He was being treated at a hospital in Miami, in a coma for weeks, but was taken off life support and passed away.

More than three months later, detectives found no crime surrounding the teen's death.

Sworn statements from football coaches and team players said, "there were multiple water stations and they were allowed adequate water breaks".

A former football player told a different story to detectives, claiming a coach declined football players water during a running drill outside. Only after the drill was over, the witness said, coaches allowed a water break.

The Lee County School District is conducting an internal investigation.

The family attorney for the mother of Polsenberg, Laurie Giordano, did not return calls to ABC7 regarding the family reviewing the report.

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